Hopkins County Chamber Connection 10.04.18

October 3, 2018

by Lezley Brown

The deadline for entry into the World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest is Friday, October 5, at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 49th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the cook’s come-and-go reception on Tuesday, October 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their grocery reimbursement check from the Chamber, their goody bags, and a list of rules and regulations for the Stew Cook-off. Please make plans to be there! T-shirts will be available for purchase that night. Call the Chamber for additional information at (903) 885-6515.

The Senior Citizens Center will host a Walk to Remember on Thursday, October 4 at 6:00 p.m.

The Senior Citizens Center will host a Walk to Remember benefiting Terrific Tuesdays on Thursday, October 4 at 6:00 p.m. at The Gardens at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. There is a $20 registration fee that includes a T-shirt. For more information, contact Karon Weatherman at (903) 885-1661.

Reign is hosting their ribbon cutting celebration

Reign, located at 215A Main Street in Sulphur Springs, is hosting their ribbon cutting celebration on Friday, October 5, at noon.

The Cattleman’s Classic & Ribeye Roundup returns to Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs on Friday, October 5. The steak dinner, prepared by the steak cook-off competitors, will begin at 6:00.

Dutch Oven Cook-off and Indian Summer Days are scheduled Saturday, October 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Hopkins County Heritage Park will host Indian Summer Days with the John Chester Dutch Oven Cook-off on Saturday, October 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Entry fee to the Indian Summer Days is $3.00 per person and includes food and fun for the whole family! While there, you may purchase an all you can eat plate for $5.00 to the Dutch Oven Cook-off. To enter the Dutch Oven Cook-off, call Rick Wilson at (903) 885-9692.

Danna’s Buffalo Girls’ Gazette will be having a flea market style/swap event October 11, 12 & 13 at 20670 Hwy. 11 E. in Winnsboro. The Hwy. 11 Treasure Trails, a garage sale stretching from Linden to Sulphur Springs, will be held in conjunction with the Flea Market that same weekend. Visit www.dannasfleamarketstyle.com or call 903-439-7091 for more information.

The 11th Annual Help-A-Child Tractor Pull and Cook-off will be held Saturday, October 20th at 9 a.m.

Help-A-Child will host their 11th Annual Tractor Pull with a Chili and Brisket Cook-off on Saturday, October 20 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The Help-A-Child benefit is conducted by the Sulphur Bluff Masonic Lodge #246, the Sulphur Springs Masonic Lodge #221, the Hopkins Masonic Lodge #180, and the Delta Masonic Lodge #1240.

SS Main Street Uncorked holds a cause worth toasting on Saturday, October 20

SS Main Street Uncorked is hosting a wine tasting event on Saturday, October 20 in downtown Sulphur Springs from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The cost is $20 for ten tastings.